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This is a surprisingly simple and delicious soup. Don’t be fooled by the long-ish list of ingredients – everything is done in one pot, making the preparation and cooking process easy. Adapted from The Japanese Kitchen and Japanese Food and Cooking.

Ingredients

8 oz deboned chicken thighs

3 T mirin

4 c dashi stock (this can be bought in powdered form)

6 shiitake mushrooms (if dried, soak in warm water until softened and reserve water for cooking)